APRIL DAVILA
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142 OSTRICHES
Set against the unexpected splendor of an ostrich ranch in the California desert, April Dávila’s beautifully written debut conjures an absorbing and compelling heroine in a story of courage, family and forgiveness.
“A vivid, uplifting debut...”
—Publishers Weekly
Recent Blog Posts
Writing Is Difficult For Writers
What’s more, as writer, I feel a certain obligation to write a really good letter. I mean, what if I do die, and this is the last thing she will ever hear from me? She will later remember me as a writer and, as she rereads that letter, thinking of her loving mother, a little part of her will be judging. Is that paranoid? I have this image in my head of her weeping at her profound loss, and then being momentarily distracted by my misuse of a comma.
5am is early
What actually gets me moving is knowing that this is the only chance I will have ALL DAY to work on my story. If I don’t get my ass up and moving, a whole day will go by without me making any progress towards finishing it. I can’t stomach the thought.
Adjusting to Full Time
It’s my impression, that when people take “real” jobs, they usually have a while to prepare themselves. You know, just a week or two to figure out what they’re going […]
Big Changes
There’s big goings on ’round these parts as of late. I mentioned a few months ago that my biggest client asked what it would take to get me to give […]
Love in the Time of Cholera
I’m taking some time to hang with the family today. So in lieu of my own witty words, I’ll share with you one of my favorite moments in fiction, originally […]
The inner workings of a 5-year-old mind
She talks non stop. And I’m not really exaggerating. Her mouth is like a window to the inner workings of her brain these days. She narrates her own activities…
Sifting Through the Feedback – Part 2
It didn’t take as long as I thought it would to go through the line notes. I had a lull in my freelance work when one of the guys I’m […]
Sifting Through the Feedback
The fourth draft of the novel is off to a slow start. I did finally manage to read through the manuscript myself, which I always like to do after a […]
Why I Blog
The number one thing new clients tell me over and over is “I read your blog.”